text_original: It comes from the Tibetan, from an ancient Buddhist book that goes back nearly a thousand years. But even then it was not new. Missionaries had carried it thither from India in an odd comer of their bags, or in some chamber of the memory not THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY 21 filled with the riddles of being. Where did they get it? Who can say?
text_transcription: IT COMES FROM THE TYPEAN FROM AN ANCIENT BUDDHIST BOOK THAT GOES BACK NEARLY A THOUSAND YEARS BUT EVEN THEN IT WAS NOT NEW MISSIONARIES HAD CARRIED IT THITHER FROM INDIA IN AN ODD CORNER THEIR BAGS OR IN SOME CHAMBER OF THEIR MEMORY NOT FILLED WITH THE RIDDLES OF BEING WHERE DID THEY GET IT WHO CAN SAY
phonemes: ɪt kˈʌmz fɹʌmðə tɪbˈɛtən, fɹʌm ɐn ˈeɪntʃənt bˈuːdɪst bˈʊk ðæt ɡoʊz bˈæk nˌɪɹli ɐ θˈaʊzənd jˈɪɹz. bˌʌt ˈiːvən ðˈɛn ɪt wʌz nˌɑːt nˈuː. mˈɪʃənˌɛɹiz hæd kˈæɹid ɪt ðˈɪðɚ fɹʌm ˈɪndiə ɪn ɐn ˈɑːd kˈʌmɚɹ ʌv ðɛɹ bˈæɡz, ɔːɹ ɪn sˌʌm tʃˈeɪmbɚɹ ʌvðə mˈɛmɚɹi nˌɑːt ðə hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv mˈɪstɚɹi twˈɛnti wˈʌn fˈɪld wɪððə ɹˈɪdəlz ʌv bˈiːɪŋ. wˌɛɹ dˈɪd ðeɪ ɡˈɛt ɪt? hˌuː kæn sˈeɪ?